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NOS Tubes: They are totally worth it!

Posted in 12AX7, tagged 12AX7, amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar tubes, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, NOS, NOS tubes, overdrive, tubes on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I ordered a couple of NOS 1959 GE long plate 12AX7′s a few days ago – they were a great deal – and looks like I’m going to buy several more. NOS tubes is where it’s at for me. What’s the big deal? Well, for one thing, they were made during a time when almost [...]

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Amazing the Difference a Tube Can Make…

Posted in 12AX7, amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, aracom amps, attenuator, GAS, gear, gear reviews, goldie, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Mullard, Music, musicians, new gear, NOS, overdrive, saint guitars messenger, Tone, tubes, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, Aracom PRX150-Pro, ECC83, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Mullard, Music, musicians, new gear, NOS, NOS ECC83, NOS Mullard ECC83, NOS tubes, PRX150-Pro on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Conventional tube-amp wisdom states that you get the most bang for your buck by replacing your pre-amp tubes. I’ve been a believer of this for quite awhile, and have tried out all sorts of pre-amp tubes in my amps over the years. A couple of days ago, I wrote that I had installed a new [...]

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NOS Tubes: It Ain’t All Hype…

Posted in 12AX7, accessories, amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, buying gear, ECC83, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Mullard, Music, musicians, NOS, tubes, tagged 12AX7, amp, amp tubes, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, ECC83, GAS, gear, guitar amp tubes, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Mullard, Music, musicians, NOS, NOS tubes, Pre-amp tubes, tubes on October 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Just put in a re-labeled 1960′s-era Mullard ECC83 into my Aracom VRX22 this afternoon. I had a JJ 12AX7 in there, and make no bones about it; that’s a great pre-amp tube. But the difference in tone between the two is immense. Where my JJ had a great tone, one thing that I noticed was [...]

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